The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119776   Message #2608004
Posted By: Lighter
09-Apr-09 - 09:55 AM
Thread Name: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Subject: RE: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Lloyd sings "Stand to Your Ground" on A Sailor's Garland, which I believe was the first commercial recording of the song. My fallible recollection is that Killen's version is virtually identical to Lloyd's.

Like Terry and Whall, Lloyd and Killen have "John Brown" rather than Hugill's "Johnny Brown." Terry says he heard the shanty from only two singers and prints Whall's melody as being superior to what he heard. However, Terry admits to changing W's G# to a G-natural because he believes the tune to be modal rather than minor.